Community biometric authentication on a smartphone

Abstract

Methods and systems are presented for performing biometric authentication of a plurality of users on a user device (e.g., smartphone). In some embodiments, a user may specify in biometric settings certain biometric authentication applications to be used with a group biometric authentication system. A user may additionally specify in biometric settings other users to add to a biometric authentication group. A user may perform functions or access data in biometric authentication-enabled applications (e.g., a financial application) that require the biometric authentication of one or more other users by transmitting a request to the user device of the one or more other users for the required biometric data (e.g., a fingerprint scan).

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[0001]The present application claims the priority benefit of U.S. provisional application No. 62 / 007,786 filed Jun. 4, 2014 and entitled “Community Biometric Authentication on a Smartphone,” the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention generally concerns biometric authentication on a user device. More particularly, the present invention concerns automatically creating a travel reservation on a user device.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Users often make use of mobile devices (e.g., smartphones) to conduct mobile banking or to use other mobile applications where authentication is required for access. Financial transaction service providers (e.g., banks, stock market trading companies, tax preparation companies) often deploy their services over a network (e.g., the internet), so that a user may conduct financial transactions and manage his or her financial data over the in...

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Benefits of technology

The patent text describes a system for verifying a user's identity on a mobile device using a biometric authentication process. The system can receive biometric data from the user through a sensor on the device and store it for comparison with data from a second user. The system can then request the second user's biometric data and perform a task based on the data received from both users. The technical effect of the patent is to provide a secure and efficient way for multiple users to authenticate on a device using their unique physical features.

Problems solved by technology

Existing biometric authentication systems and user devices do not, however, collect and store biometric data from multiple users to be employed in the joint authorization in specified tasks.

Additionally, the current operating systems of existing smartphones are not capable of receiving information from a user that specifies what actions require group authentication or of defining the members of such a group.

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